In celebration of Star Wars’ 40th anniversary, Del Rey is going to shine the spotlight on those unsung weirdos, heroes, and villains with a unique, new anthology. Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, coming October 2017, will bring together more than 40 authors for 40 stories. Each will be told from the perspective of background characters of A New Hope — from X-wing pilots who helped Luke destroy the Death Star to the stormtroopers who never quite could find the droids they were looking for.

A Star Wars anthology about a bunch of background characters from Episode 4? With some of my favourite author/writer people (Kate! Zoraida! Kelly Sue DeConnick! Beth! Claudia!)? SIGN ME UP.